Peppermint Shrimp

[frnkynlop]

Hey Guys,

Once again thanks in advance for your help. Well here's my latest dilemma. I have three peppermint shrimps that have gone rogue and attacking my galxia coral. Well I tried the old half bottle trap and I was able to trap 2 of the 3 little buggers. Now the third one just won?t take the bait. I?ve baited the trap with krill, mysis shrimp, sinking pellets and even spirulina brine shrimp. I?m at my wits end and I don?t want to take my rock work apart, just to catch this pain. Any advice you guys could give will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again for taking the time to help
Frank

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[Imbarrie]

Are pep shrimp social?
If they are wondering if you could try using the two to lure in the last one.


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[rookie07]

I would not feed for a day or two, then try to catch again

The lack of food may make the shrimp attack the coral more, but I would bet he will be so hungry that he will go into the trap.

Good luck

 

[ryangrieder]

a good old trigger or puffer would do the trick! lol. what i found with peppermint shrimp seeing i had 9 in my 72 gallon that a broke down a few days ago was that when they were sitting on a peice of live rock ( usually a 5-10 pound peice, nothing small) i was actually able to lift the rock up slowly and they did not move. i was able to completely lift the rock up and out of the water with the peppermint shrimp on the top of the rock, dropped them into a bucket. give that a shot. i did not think it would work but i was shocked how easy it was. worked 7 out of the 9 i have. the cleaner shrimp were a different story getting them out lol. good luck!

 

[NYPDFrogman]

are you sure they are peppermints and not camel back shrimp
camel backs are known for attacking coral

 

[fish keeper 7]

A Marine Betta will take care of pretty much any Ornamental shrimp you have. You can PM me im trying to sell it for 70$ but you can borrow it if you need.

 

[frnkynlop]

hey guys,
thanx for all the ideas. I'll try the rock things, but if not I might just barrow the fish and yeah I'm sure it's a peppermint shrimp.
thanks again
frank

 

[Baja170]

Not feeding for a couple days will work then use a pellet food like formula 2 and the shrimp will not be able to resist. Mine are the hungriest little buggers and pretty easy to catch. With the rock trick, get someone to hold a net under the rock as you pick it out of the water and usually they drop right off into the net. I have moved my 3 peppermint shrimp now 3 times and they are in a FOWLR tank now. They stole food from the corals when we spot fed and also became a problem in the reef tanks.

A marine beta is a lot safer to get rid of them from a Reef than a trigger I think and probably easier to catch as well. Good idea there. Betas are also a lot more fun to watch feed.

 

[fish keeper 7]

If all else fails you can just shoot me a PM and pick it up whenever your free (im free most of the time) or if i have a plan to come through to BK next week, which isnt too uncommon, ill be happy to drop it off if i can.

Good luck^^

 

[frnkynlop]

Hey Fish keeper 7,

Thanks for the offer. where in ny are u loacted? I'm still trying to cath the little bugger. funny thing is that since I took out his 2 budddies he hasn't dared to come out of his little hangout spot. maybe is time to take drastic measures.

thanks again for the offer
Frank